New board member.Timothy M. Janke Joins Strathmore's Board of Directors
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 29, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
STRATHMORE MINERALS CORP. (TSX VENTURE: STM) ("Strathmore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Timothy M. Janke has been appointed to the Board of Directors, effective November 23, 2010. Mr. Janke replaces Michael Halvorson, who retired earlier this year, but continues on the Company's Executive Advisory Board.
Tim Janke has over thirty-five years experience in the uranium, coal and gold mining industry, having worked for several well known companies including: Utah International, Pathfinder, Homestake, Glamis and Goldcorp. He currently serves as Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer of Renaissance Gold, a newly created spin-off gold exploration company out of AuEx Ventures Inc., which was recently acquired by Fronteer Gold Inc. His uranium experience includes senior/chief engineering positions in Wyoming at the Gas Hills and Green Mountain operations with Pathfinder, in addition to Homestake in Colorado. Mr. Janke has extensive mining operations experience, having managed six producing gold mines for four different companies in the US, Canada, and Australia. On the corporate level, he administered Homestake's Mergers and Acquisitions program in Canada. A graduate of the University of Nevada with a BSc. (1974) in Mining Engineering, Mr. Janke is also a past Director of the Nevada Mining Association.
Strathmore's CEO, David Miller commented, "We at Strathmore are delighted that Tim has agreed to join the Company's Board. His extensive experience and expertise in mining operations, in addition to his knowledge of the Gas Hills Uranium District, where Strathmore is advancing one of its two core uranium development projects toward production, will be invaluable as the Company continues the transition from permitting and development to becoming a future leading uranium producer in the United States. We all look forward to working closely with Tim in the months ahead."
As part of his appointment to the Board, the Company has granted Mr. Janke 150,000 incentive stock options exercisable at $1.30 per share for a period of five years.